Technology Innovation Engineer - Sensor
Key information
- Publication date:09 May 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Sonnenbergstrasse 10, 8610 Uster
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I'm proud to tell others that I work here.
I can take time off if I feel the need to.
90% of our employees agreed with these statements in the last employee survey.
Just the international working environment you've been looking for?
Then support our team of 300 employees at the Uster location as
Your task
As the global leader in textile electronics, quality is our main focus. We only achieve a high degree of quality through team spirit and feeling good during our work. This is why we believe in flat hierarchies, rely on independent teams and foster a collegial tone. You'll fit right into the Uster family if you like to take on responsibility and enjoy a vibrant international environment.
Are you interested? Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
- Understand technological situation: able to identify our technology gaps for the mid- long-term product roadmap and propose solutions to support next product development in collaboration with product manager.
- Investigate technological ecosystem:
evaluate state of the art and the readiness of a specific technology, clarify the competitor situation, identify actors like start-ups, institutes and universities. - Sensoric development, investigation:
understand limitation and potential improvement of current sensors and technology (capacitive and optic), improve, develop and test new capabilities and technologies. - Functional module / prototype development: hands-on mind-set for elaboration of proof of concepts and integration in larger system.
- Transfer to development phase:
support our development team for the transfer of the technology into the development phase, contribute to the optimization of the design for industrial environment (robustness, serialization, ease of use, modularity, etc). - Stakeholder collaboration: work closely with different departments (product managers, sales, service technicians) and global technology centers to understand requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Education: Master or PhD degree in physics, engineering or a related field.
- Experience:
- 3 to 5 years of experience in sensoric development with experience in bringing a product from development to industrialization phase.
- Experience with capacitive measurement technique and/or optic is an important advantage
- Skills:
Strong analytical skills. Self-driven. Balance between theory and hands-on mind set. Dare to try and fail. - Communication: good verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts.
Preferred attribute- Visionary and innovative: ability to act pro-actively and creatively and propose groundbreaking solutions, curiosity for new technologies.
- Pragmatic: focus on solutions to be implemented in serial and industrialized products.
- Adaptable: comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- A perfect work-life balance through flexible working hours and home office
- Above-average social benefits and an excellent pension scheme
- Generous support for your further training and education
- Top floor recreation room with catering refrigerator
- Table tennis, an in-house bar (the 'Cotton Club') and fun team events
As the global leader in textile electronics, quality is our main focus. We only achieve a high degree of quality through team spirit and feeling good during our work. This is why we believe in flat hierarchies, rely on independent teams and foster a collegial tone. You'll fit right into the Uster family if you like to take on responsibility and enjoy a vibrant international environment.
Are you interested? Then we look forward to receiving your online application.
